Thread by @ApostateProphet

I'm an Ex-Muslim.

I know that many ex-Muslims & critics of Islam want to believe that the Christmas market terrorist in Germany is an undercover jihadist Muslim who pretended to be against Islam to harm non-Muslims.

It's more complicated than that. 🧵

First: Why did he do it?

According to him, he was at war with an Ex-Muslim refugee organization. He accused the German government of collaborating with this org to abuse Saudi refugees. He claimed that the government was after him because he was trying to uncover their crimes.

He claimed they want to imprison him, kill him, and that they were distorting his reports and taking things from his mailbox (yes), because they have a secret pact with Saudi Arabia to spread Islam, and he has no choice left but be violent.

Looks like paranoia and delusions.

So, why the Christmas market?

In messages to ex-Muslims, he warned that he would kill random Germans to draw attention. What better place than a Christmas market, which Islamic terrorists also love.

People reported these threats to German authorities who didn't do anything.

So, the terrorist attack is a result of his delusional idea that Germany, representing the Germans, together with some Ex-Muslims, was involved in a coverup to abuse Saudi refugees and spread Islam.

It's not directly an anti-Islam or pro-Islam attack.
It's rather anti-Germany.

You could argue that it is an attack on:

1. Germany
2. Ex-Muslim individuals & orgs
3. Islam/Muslims

Unfortunately, those hurt most by this insanity are German people.
Those least hurt are Muslims.

Naturally, people find this suspicious and think he acted for Islam.

That could make sense if he was very intelligent, very good at pretending to be anti-Islamic for 18 years, and undercover for a foreign entity.

Of course this is not impossible, but the evidence is misleading or weak. ⬇️

"Allahu Akbar"

People have claimed that you can hear him shout Allahu Akbar in the video. I don't hear any "Allahu Akbar." It also makes little sense to try and frame "Islamophobes" and then shout Allahu Akbar. That said, nothing he did makes much sense.

Then there is this screenshot where he thanks Omar Abdulaziz (@oamaz7) who is allegedly a terrorist or someone who glorifies ISIS terrorists.

This is not true. Omar Abdulaziz is a satirist and pro-democracy dissident who satirizes Islamists and Saudi Arabia. Google him.

In this tweet, he allegedly admits to being Shiite or Wahhabi, but that's not what he is saying.

1. He says "fellow Saudi Ex-Muslims."
2. He was a Shiite.
3. He never said he is a Wahhabi, only that it is "the original Islam."

Wahhabis don't use the pejorative term "Wahhabism."

Then there is the post which people interpret as supportive of Hamas, but in context he is replying to someone else who left a comment on a post by @Israel.

I asked Arabic speakers who generally agree that it seems like a mocking response to someone who supports Hamas.

While irrelevant to the attack, there is also the idea that he was a criminal wanted by Saudi Arabia. Problem: In Saudi Arabia it is illegal to oppose the government and to help women escape.

If Saudi Arabia wanted his extradition for this, it is normal for Germany to reject it.

Nobody REALLY knows the answer, but from everything I have seen and considered, it seems much more likely that he is an extremely disturbed and hateful person who was sick enough to kill random people over his unhinged delusions and anger.

While other options are open, I simply see no proper reason to conclude that he is actually an undercover jihadist, which would be the second most likely explanation, or that he is a normal ex-Muslim who thought this would be a perfect way to attack or frame Muslims, which is pretty absurd.

People can be insane, messed up, crazy, hateful, and do things that you or I may consider unthinkable. The same is true for ex-Muslims or critics of Islam. Considering how disturbing the Islamic world and religion is, it should not come as a surprise that some people who leave it can also be severely harmed and disturbed by it. Of course, the disturbance could also be unrelated to Islam and rather be attributed to culture, upbringing, genetics, etc. Everything is possible.

Anyone can jump to conclusions and support conspiracy theories, but until further proof, those are merely conspiracy theories.

Let me know what you think.